by Lee Rickwood
We are called users, but in fact we are unpaid workers. The results of all our labour: giant pools of digital information about us that are bought and sold and analyzed and packaged in order to generate corporate profits, if not influence public attitudes.
by Lee Rickwood
Data collection devices used to track sport performance are so small they don’t have to be worn by athletes, they can be ingested.
by Lee Rickwood
By using GPS, audio and sound recordings and other digital tools, new wayfinding apps can bring surroundings to life with audible descriptions of the immediate environment.
by Lee Rickwood
A new mobile consumer and entry-level smartphone user can get into the game for less than $200 (CDN).
by Lee Rickwood
It is always a good time to reduce automobile accidents and related injuries or fatalities so capable products that can make positive contributions should be welcome.
by Lee Rickwood
Calls for increased control for Canadians over their personal data, enhanced enforcement and penalty powers for the Privacy Commissioner and long-needed updates to federal and provincial privacy laws have been made loud and clear.
by Lee Rickwood
The notion that protecting us from “goods” determined to be dangerous by searching individual handheld devices and not unplugging the Internet as a whole seems very limited and ineffective.
by Lee Rickwood
A new digital app takes users along an eleven-stop tour of the area while highlighting several important industrial sites and factories, both long-gone and still standing.